Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached more than 140 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--many featured on TED.com--and prepared speakers to testify before the U.S. Congress, appear on national television, and deliver industry keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

How are women and girls reshaping the future? That's the question TEDWomen will take two days to explore, and now TED's inviting you to participate, no matter where you are located. While the conference will take place in Washington, DC, this December, TED will be live-streaming it for free around the world--and is encouraging you to host or create partner events to go along with or around the conference. This page on TED.com details the ways you can get involved in TEDWomen, including:

Signing up to host a TEDxLive event around TED Women

Hosting a TEDxLive viewing party of the session

Contributing local ideas for the program

Suggesting a speaker

For example, you might be in a different time zone, and able to program a local set of panels before or after some of the TEDWomen sessions, or know of an unusual speaker, male or female, who should be featured. (I'm hoping a speaker will talk about women and men and public speaking, myself...) Remember, if you want an official event, you'll need to follow TED's rules for branding, seeking sponsors and more. Go here to find out how the program's shaping up, and more details on this two-day conference.

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